2023-2024 Drexel Faculty Recognition Award Winners

Provost Awards for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity

Early Career

  • Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health

Mid-Career

  • Brian Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health

Career

  • Akhil Vaidya, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine
  • Hugo Woerdeman, PhD, Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences

Provost Award for Pedagogical Innovation

  • Andre Kurmann, PhD, Professor, Economics, Lebow College of Business
  • Joseph Larnerd, PhD, Assistant Professor, Art & Art History, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
  • Diana Nicholas, MFA, Associate Professor, Architecture, Design & Urbanism, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Provost Award for Undergraduate Teaching Impact

  • Monica Ilies, PhD, Teaching Professor, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Christina Love, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences

Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence

  • Susan Daley, Adjunct Professor, General Business, Lebow College of Business
  • Mollie Gambone, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Education Leadership & Management, School of Education
  • Von Wise, Adjunct Professor, English & Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences

Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching

  • Kristen Betts, EdD, Clinical Professor, Policy, Organization & Leadership, School of Education
  • Christine Fiori, PhD, Clinical Professor, Construction Management, College of Engineering
  • Alex Geisinger, JD, Professor, Law, Kline School of Law
  • Yoto Yotov, PhD, Professor, Economics, LeBow College of Business

Scholarly Materials & Research Equipment Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

  • Wesley Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, College of Engineering & E. Caglan Kumbur, PhD, Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, College of Engineering
  • Toby Seay, PhD, Professor, Music Industry, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Summer Research Awards for Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

  • John Avarese, Teaching Professor, Film & Television, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
  • Xiaorui Huang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
  • James McKinney, Assistant Professor, Music and Music Industry, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

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